Rail-joint.



W. WRIGHT.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED we. 1, 190a.

Patented July 6, 1909.

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m.n.mcq.mmwmaa UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM WRIGHT, OF ADAMSVILLE, ALABAMA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOSEPH SOOURFIELD, OF ADAMSVILLE, ALABAMA.

RAIL-JOINT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ad amsville, in the county of Jefferson and. State of Alabama, have invented new and. useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rail joints, and one of the principal objects of the same is to provide means whereby the meeting ends of railway rails may be securely connected without the use of bolts and to provide means for carrying the wheels of the rolling stock over the joint to obviate pounding or striking of the rails at the meeting ends of the same.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide braces connected to the flanges of the rails for preventing spreading of the rails at the joint.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a rail joint which can be quickly assembled and which will provide a firm, reliable and permanent connection of the rails.

These and. other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the meeting ends of a pair of railway rails joined and secured in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows. Fig. 3 is a similar view taken on the line 3- 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the braces and the yoke or support for preventing the spreading of the rails.

Referring to the drawing, the numerals 1 designate the meeting ends of a pair of railway rails of the usual construction supported upon ties 2. Bearing against the outer sides of the two rails 1 at the joint is a brace bar 3, said brace bar at its ends being of substantially the same height as the rails, while at the central point 4 said brace bar is slightly higher in order to carry the rolling stock over the joint 5 to revent pounding as the wheels pass over sai joint. The brace bar 3 is provided with a base flange 6 )rovided with suitable spike holes for the spi es 7. Driven into the ties 2 just outside the flange 6 are the spikes 8. The brace bar 3 is provided with a longitudinal enlarged portion 9 which fits between the head of the rail and the base flange thereof and bears against the web of Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 1, 1908.

Patented July 6, 1909.

Serial No. 446,441.

the rail. This thickened portion is provided. with sockets or apertures 10 for receiving the studs upon the fish plate secured to the inner sides of the rails 1. Studs 11. are formed on the brace bar 3, said studs extending through the webs of the rails and through a hole in the inside fish plate, said studs lying practically flush with. the face on the fish plate, as shown more particularly in Fig. 3.

The fish plate 12 is provided with studs 13 which extend through the webs of the rails and into the recesses or sockets 10 in the brace 3. The base flange 14 of the fish plate extends outward. beyond the base flanges of the rails, and spikes 15 are driven through apertures or spike holes in the fish plate. Brace spikes 16 are driven into the ties 2 at the edge of the fish plate.

Braces 17 provided with heads 18 and inclined fingers 19 are connected to stirrups 20, said stirrups having spaced members 21 which engage the flange 6 of the brace bar 3, said stirrups extending under the base flange of the rail and the heads 18 being connected to said stirrups with the finger 1.9 projecting over the base flange of the rail or the base flange 14 of the fish plate. A ring or loop 22 is formed upon the outer end of the brace 17, and a spike 23 is driven into the ring or loop 22 and into the tie for securing the brace in position.

My invention dispenses entirely with the use of bolts, can be quickly attached or assembled, serves to prevent spreading or moving of the rails at the joint and is comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

1. A rail joint comprising a brace bar provided with a raised central portion to carry the wheels over the joint, studs formed upon the inner face of said bar, said studs projecting through the webs of the rails and through a fish plate, in combination with said fish plate having studs projecting through the webs of the rails and into recesses in the brace bar, and spikes for holding said. brace bar and fish plate in position.

2. A rail joint comprising a brace bar and a fish plate, said brace bar having studs projecting through openings in the webs of the rails and through holes in the fish plate, and studs formed on the fish plate which project through the webs of the rails'and into recesses in the brace bar.

3. A rail joint comprising a brace bar and In testimony whereof I affiX my signature a fish plate, ties, braces connected to said in presence of two Witnesses; ties and rovided with heads and. projecting fingers, and stirrups extending under the VILLIA M WVRIGHT 5 base flanges of the rails, the head of each of Witnesses: said braces being connected to one of said R. D. COFFMAN,

stirrups. J AS. McMURRAN. 

